pretending not to see; turning a blind eye; looking the other way
A set phrase describing the act of deliberately ignoring something one has noticed, often out of convenience or to avoid involvement.
He pretended not to see the person in trouble.
It's not good to turn a blind eye to wrongdoing.
Standard kanji-kana mixed spelling; the most common written form.
Alternate spelling using 振り for ふり; less common but still encountered.
A compound of 見て (seeing) + 見ぬ (not seeing, classical negative of 見る) + ふり (pretending). Literally 'pretending to see and not see'.